Google Fined $14.85 Million by Turkish Competition Authority
Penalty imposed for non-compliance with injunction on fair competition in hotel search results
- Turkey's Competition Board fined Google 482 million lira for failing to implement required measures.
- The fine addresses Google's obstruction of local search engines in hotel search queries.
- The investigation began in March, with daily fines accruing from mid-April.
- Google's practices were deemed to undermine fair competition in the market.
- This follows a similar action against Meta for dominance abuse on its platforms.